The volume_utils._parse_volume_info function in OpenStack Compute (Nova) before 2015.1.3 (kilo) and 12.0.x before 12.0.1 (liberty)…

Description

The volume_utils._parse_volume_info function in OpenStack Compute (Nova) before 2015.1.3 (kilo) and 12.0.x before 12.0.1 (liberty) includes the connection_info dictionary in the StorageError message when using the Xen backend, which might allow attackers to obtain sensitive password information by reading log files or other unspecified vectors.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

2.2% · top 17% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.9.

Weakness

• n/a
• CWE-200 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-200 and its CVEs

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

Affected packages

From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.

• PyPInovaGHSA-c36r-g737-9qp8 (opens in a new tab)

References (5)

• [oss-security] 20160107 Re: CVE request for vulnerability in OpenStack Nova (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• 80189 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• https://security.openstack.org/ossa/OSSA-2016-002.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• https://bugs.launchpad.net/nova/+bug/1516765 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• [oss-security] 20160107 CVE request for vulnerability in OpenStack Nova (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisory GHSA-c36r-g737-9qp8 (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

Badge for a README or a ticket

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Record last updated 6 Aug 2024, 08:29 UTC.